I have a guitar out in the car for m'Monday night-er... I'll give it a whirl later this morning, but off the top of my head, that's an F# natural not an F#m... Just kidding!!! Seriously, off the top of my head i don't hear an F#m there.

Pete B. wrote:I have a guitar out in the car for m'Monday night-er... I'll give it a whirl later this morning, but off the top of my head, that's an F# natural not an F#m... Just kidding!!! Seriously, off the top of my head i don't hear an F#m there.

LOL! Are you bringing back "2010 - The Great Debate! Sugar Mags, F#m vs F#"

That RD version is really trimmed down. The GD electric version is where I would look. I think VFTV 5 has a nice close up view of Bob. He plays some strange chords though. I always fake it at "bound" and rarely play it the same from time to time.

O.K. Sorry Man, My initial thought was wrong... That F#m works great in that spot as a sub for C#m. I tried it multiple times last night with the Trio. The thing is that it shares the Key note, C#. Nice.----F#m------C#mE|--2----------4-------B|--2----------5-------G|--2----------6-------D|--4----------6-------A|--4(C#)-----4(C#)--E|--2----------x-------

On an unrelated side note, I noticed that when I played C#m to F#m chords over and over, using a four-count and emphisising the 1-beat on each chord, I was quickly stricken with the desire to narrorate/voice-over the plight of the American Indian to that chord combo.

Pete B. wrote:O.K. Sorry Man, My initial thought was wrong... That F#m works great in that spot as a sub for C#m. I tried it multiple times last night with the Trio. The thing is that it shares the Key note, C#. Nice.

No worries! I very much agree that they key note at that point is the C#.

But I still think the F#m is the proper chord while you think it's an ok sub

I like the F#m myself. I think the C#m sounds deceivingly right because of the strength of the descent to the C#. It's highlighted so much in the bass and the lead guitar line that it can sound o.k. there. However, the C#m makes the passage a little too symmetrical and weak sounding. Dmaj7 can work as a sub because it contains the F#m triad within it.

Stevo123 wrote:I like the F#m myself. I think the C#m sounds deceivingly right because of the strength of the descent to the C#. It's highlighted so much in the bass and the lead guitar line that it can sound o.k. there. However, the C#m makes the passage a little too symmetrical and weak sounding. Dmaj7 can work as a sub because it contains the F#m triad within it.

strumminsix wrote:...But I still think the F#m is the proper chord while you think it's an ok sub

I have to tell ya that I always play the Jerry style walk-up/walk-downs. This is the first time I ever thought about the song from a Bobby point of view, other than singing it.I haven't watched the Bobby vids on this yet, either.I'm cool with F#m as the main chord. I will try the Dmaj7 tonight, too.fwiw, When I play this song solo, I navigate this section by playing and A chord, to a D chord, with a moving bass-note line, untill I get to the Bm.